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Measuring Risk in Investment Projects: NPV at Risk
García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-286-EDecision Analysis, FinanceNPV is based on the discount of expected, future cash flows. As such, it is subject to substantial uncertainty in real applications. This uncertainty is often neglected in some companies due to a lack of appropriate tools to manage it. One way to account for all the risk associated with a particular investment project is to use the probability distribution associated with the NPV (NPVAR), once the main uncertainties have been identified and measu...Starting at €8.20
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DAZN - The Netflix of Sports
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-371-EDecision AnalysisDAZN delivered sports contents directly to consumers using an over-the-top service (OTT) media service. OTT was synonymous with subscription-based video-on- demand services streamed directly over the Iinternet (toon a laptop, tablet or smartphone) without the need to install complicated TV- set-top boxes or antennaes in the house. The case discusses a particular situation where thefootball sports rights tofor stream soccer matches online streamin...Starting at €8.20
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Parmalat Uruguay (B)
Marshall, Paul W.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-807119-EEntrepreneurshipSupplements the (A) case. To maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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Tetra Pak Argentina
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-708402-EStrategyDeals with the hands-on management of a difficult situation facing the subsidiary of a multinational corporation (Tetra Pak) in a developing country (Argentina). The situation arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the subsidiary's existence. Argentina defaulted on it sovereign debt and devalued the peso by over 200%, but it differentiated the treatment of the FX rate to be applied to various transactio...Starting at €8.20
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Parmalat Uruguay (A)
Marshall, Paul W.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-807103-EEntrepreneurshipTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Three young MBAs create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must negotiate with creditors to reduce the debt burden on the company.Starting at €8.20
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Farmland Investing: A Technical Note
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Terris, AndrewCase HBS-211022-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing; the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose farmland, and the general risks and return characteristics of this asset class. In recent years, a growing number of individual and institutional investors have allocated a portion of their capital into agricultural farmland....Starting at €8.20
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Europe Insurance and Lama Hotels (A): The Chief Investment Officer of Europe Insurance
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Jimenez, José Manuel; García-Castro, RobertoCase E-174-ECorporate Governance, Decision AnalysisSeguros Europa is a family business group with 70 years' experience as a leading provider of home and life insurance. It has 10 million clients throughout the country and an investment portfolio of ?5 billion, of which approximately 10% is in real estate, including landmark properties and properties in the best areas of the capital and other major cities. The insurance firm distributes its products through numerous brokers and its own agencies, a...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo ABC and Nizan Guanaes's Path from Brazil to the World
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-313095-EInternationally recognized Brazilian Nizan Guanaes, co-founder of Grupo ABC, a rapidly growing global advertising firm ranked 18th in 2011, had aspirations to be in the top 10 by 2015. Grupo ABC thrived by identifying national (Brazilian) challenges and incorporating them in creative messages. Guanaes steered the group toward thinking big while acting locally, tackling societal challenges and building partnerships, as he entered the world stage; ...Starting at €8.20
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Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance
Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-309095-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Mibanco, Peru's leading microfinance bank, faces intense competition as the banking industry rushes into low income segments. Companion video clips bring into the classroom the contemporary reality of a world-class microfinance institution, where the unpaved streets and cluttered markets of the loan officer coexist with the sophistication of technical financial analysis and ...Starting at €8.20
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UW Health University Hospital
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-378-EDecision AnalysisThe case focuses on UW Hospital's approach to improve the accuracy of breast cancer detection using machine learning. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin assembled a unique data set comprising 569 examples of breast cancer biopsies to train a classification model (e.g., logistic regression or classification tree) for breast cancer detection.Starting at €8.20